Aengus Ó Snodaigh (Dublin South Central, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

What happens in the meantime? We would all like our schools to be replaced by modern, super-efficient ones but that will not be the case. Some schools may build gardens, while others do not have money for heating or simple things like fixing light bulbs. While some schools can find money when necessary, not all schools have the same spending outlay. Given that it is far cheaper to run a newly built school than a 200 year old one, will the Minister consider reviewing the capitation grant system to take account of this? For example, one could have a uniform capitation grant for all schools, plus a top-up for schools with identified problems that make it highly inefficient for them to work, thus placing a greater burden on the capitation grant. Older schools must spend more of the capitation grant on heating and other running costs than do modern schools.

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